To use a brilliant formula of Rundle Clark (Myth and Symbol, p. 158), Re as transcendent and Osiris as emergent are the complementary forms of deity. In the last analysis, both represent the same “mystery,” and especially the multiplicity of forms emanated by the one God.62 According to the theogony and cosmogony accomplished by Atum (§ 26), the divinity is at the same time one and multiple; the creation consists in the multiplication of his names and forms.
